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(Amendment  3  to 
B.A.I.  Order  14<i.) 


U.S.  DEPOSITORY 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY. 


AMENDMENT  3  TO   RULE   3,  REVISION  1.-T0   PREVENT  THE  SPREAD 
OF  SCABIES  IN  SHEEP. 


Amendment  effective  on  and  after  April  1,  1909. 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary. 

The  fact  has  been  determined  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  and 
notice  is  hereby  given,  that  the  contagious  and  communicable  disease 
known  as  scabies  is  not  now  known  to  exist,  or  exists  to  a  slight  extent 
only,  among  sheep  in  the  State  of  Montana,  that  portion  of  North 
Dakota  lying  south  and  west  of  the  Missouri  River,  and  that  portion  of 
South  Dakota  lying  west  of  the  Missouri  River,  all  of  which  areas  are 
now  quarantined  by  Rule  3,  Revision  1.  dated  March  22,  1907,  and 
effective  April  15,  1907. 

Now,  therefore,  I,  James  Wilson,  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  do 
hereby  remove  and  revoke  the  quarantine  placed  by  Rule  3,  Revision  1, 
upon  the  following  area,  to  wit : 

The  State  of  Montana,  that  portion  of  North  Dakota  lying  south  and 
west  of  the  Missouri  River,  and  that  portion  of  South  Dakota  lying 
west  of  the  Missouri  River. 

Done    at    Washington    this    eleventh    day    of 
March,  1909. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture. 

James  Wilson, 
Secretary  of  Agriculture. 


